Editing Reminder software (section)

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'''Reminder software''' is a type of [[time management]] [[computer software]] that is designed to alert the user of important events that they have input to the program.  Most programs provide a [[calendar]] or list view of events, as well as a reminding technique.  Most common reminding techniques are pop-up [[dialog boxes]] and auditory [[alarms]].

Events may include [[birthday]]s, [[holiday]]s, [[anniversaries]], various one-time events. Often the software comes with a set of pre-installed events (such as holidays) and allows the user to create custom events.

As software has made the transition to web services, a number of online reminder services have appeared. Users subscribed to those services usually receive their reminders by [[email]] or [[Short message service|SMS]].{{citation needed|date=September 2019}} [[Context awareness|Context-aware]] reminder systems can set reminders based on the user's current location.<ref name="Krumm2018">{{cite book|author=John Krumm|title=Ubiquitous Computing Fundamentals|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RCxZl4PCXwAC&q=%22context-aware%22+reminder|date=8 October 2018|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-4200-9361-2}}</ref>